In the present world of prompt information availability through social media platforms such as Youtube, Facebook, X, WhatsApp, Tiktok, Instagram mainly through visuals (videos /pictures) and audios, the space for serious and focused reading material is rather limited as people neither have the time nor the patience for reading long papers and books of couple of hundred pages. The objective of this website is to provide short articles and summary of books on various subjects to enable avid as well as casual Readers do quick reading; regular and concentrated reading is important as it involves multiple mental and physical faculties of a person which is helpful in absorption, retention, reflection and intellectual growth.
Monthly Archives: March 2024
Old is Gold
The best reasons to retire (at age 60 or 62 or 65) are positive visions of the life you want in your retirement years. These often include more time for travelling, pursuing hobbies, spending more time with family and friends.
Retirement is not one phase of life but a transition into multiple phases of life especially with today’s increased life expectancy of 15-20 years or more; enough to start a new career. While some need to work after retirement to support their family, it is also an opportunity to pursue one’s interests & hobbies that had been put on the back burner during working life. The multiple phases spread over planning, contentment, disenchantment which is associated with emotional downsides such as loneliness, disillusionments, feeling of uselessness especially when you are experiencing failing health. As retirement life becomes more familiar, people in this phase tend to accept this situation and settle into a new set of routines generating a fresh sense of purpose and opportunity to enjoy life.
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